• Lucien Hervé (photographer)
• Le Corbusier (architect)
• Michel Jaoul (client)
• André Jaoul (client)

View of the southeast façade of Maison A Jaoul showing the balcony, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

1951-1955 or later

- A group of 178 gelatin silver prints acquired from Lucien Hervé in 1985 are of built works by Le Corbusier in France including: 124 photographs of Unité d'habitation, Marseille, 19 photographs of Maison A Jaoul and Maison B Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 34 photographs of Villa Savoye, Poissy, and one photograph of a building, possibly by Fernand Pouillon, possibly located in France. The prints are of different sizes and show details and general views, predominantly exteriors of the buildings.

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 19.1 x 18.0 cm

PH1985:0868

• exterior view

- This photograph is inscribed on the verso, u.r. to b. with lines and arrows in graphite to indicate dimensions. There is a piece of adhesive tape affixed to the verso, c.l. of this photograph.

inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in pen and black ink or blue ball-point pen, on the print, verso, u.r.: with title; and in pen and black ink, c.: "J X 45" [sideways; "X" underlined] inscribed - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the print, verso, u.l.: "4 / Ch I" ["4" circled]; c.: "LE CORBUSIER / 1 X page 867" [circled]; c.r.: "35" [sideways]; l.c.: "78mm"; and l.r.: "tr 120" stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, l.c.: "Photo Lucien HERVÉ / 31, rue Vineuse, PAR[IS 16e - ] PASsy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NOM OBLIGATOIRE"; and in black ink, throughout: "LEONAR" [within circular stamp]

France

• architecture

© Lucien Hervé